In previous years, the FAFSA could be as long as 108 questions. With the new form, some applicants have to answer as few as 18 questions, which takes less than 10 minutes to complete, according to the ...

The FAFSA is open and so far without the problems of the last two years, but for families who have had big income changes, the form is just the first step. Here is how you can appeal for more aid ...

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The Education Department has failed to update guidelines used to calculate eligibility for financial aid, an error that could result in students’ receiving less ...

The Education Department did not update its guidelines for financial aid eligibility calculation for the new, simplified Free Application for Federal Student Aid, which is set to launch by the end of ...

Time is growing short for parents of high school seniors (and those returning to college for the 2026-27 school year) to file ...

I have great sympathy for financial aid officers at colleges and universities too, who want to provide that sure notion of how much money students are going to get, but their hands are tied behind ...

Steve from Pennsylvania earns around $200,000 a year and has a son heading toward college. He has been redirecting retirement contributions from Roth to traditional accounts for one specific reason: ...

WASHINGTON (CNN) — The Department of Education said Friday that it has identified a vendor’s calculation error impacting several hundred thousand financial aid ...

Washington (CNN) — The Department of Education said Friday that it has identified a vendor’s calculation error impacting several hundred thousand financial aid ...

Later in January, the Department of Education made a last-minute fix to tie the new financial aid calculation to the latest inflation data. The adjustment made $1.8 billion more in financial aid ...